The anniversary episode also features Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike playing an engine called the Duchess of Loughborough. The 22-minute episode will air in May and follows Thomas the Tank Engine ...

I wish Thomas & Friends a very happy anniversary." Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine airs on May 1 on Netflix. It's scheduled to air in the UK on May 2 and in 180 countries worldwide afterward.

Think of Thomas The Tank Engine and you probably think of a cute childhood favourite, featuring smiling trains making their way along sun-dappled rails to the sound of that jaunty theme music.

You can watch Oliver give Thomas the Tank Engine his comeuppance at the top of the episode below, and then jump ahead to the 23:00 mark where Berry narrates a very special episode of Thomas: ...

Thomas The Tank Engine is getting the royal treatment for his 75th birthday, with the Duke of Sussex providing a special introduction to a new episode featuring his granny the Queen and dad Prince ...

As for Thomas, Mattel said it was fans who wanted the blue engine to get out of Sodor more often. "One was a little boy saying, 'Trains can go anywhere, but Thomas never goes anywhere,'" said McCue.

In other episodes, Thomas, leaving the fictional island of Sodor for the first time, travels to new places to learn lessons about the environment and school that he did not know back home.

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ran for 24 series until January 2021 with a total of 584 episodes. Allcroft stepped down as executive producer in the early 2000s.

For generations Thomas the Tank Engine has chugged into the hearts of children worldwide. Now a hidden gem from the past emerges to mark a special milestone. 04:00, Fri, May 9, 2025 Choo choo! All ...